shining lights...

Be assured Cath that Dan, you and your little family have many many lights shining for you. In these uncertain pandemic times, all you wish and fight for is a safe world for every Victorian. We cannot ask for more steadfastly leading us on. A massive thanks to you.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) November 16, 2021

Sunday morning light...

Mother Nature offering peaceful beauty to open our Sunday morning...Thank you...
May you and Dan and your little family enjoy the day...
Thank you for all the hope and support both Dan and you ceaselessly give to all Victorians...We so appreciate your calm strength...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) August 28, 2021

wife Cath supports Dan Andrews...

Whoops. Sent that from my other account 🙄. 10:15 for hubby’s, I mean Dan’s, return presser. https://t.co/j1HUCzy9kM

— WhatTimeIsTheVicPresser (@WhatTimeDan) June 27, 2021

poetry creeping...

Can you think of a poem that creeps into your mind on a regular basis, one that you love and won't leave you?

— 💥Dr💥 Julia Baird (@bairdjulia) January 29, 2021

Oh and ‘The Owl and The Pussycat’ Edward Lear....and that runcible spoon!

— Catherine Andrews (@CathLAndrews) January 29, 2021

John Shaw Neilson 'The Orange Tree'.

— Frank Bongiorno (@fbongiornoanu) January 29, 2021

In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

— Matt Devine (@matt_devine_) January 29, 2021

Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.

— allyann (@me_allyann) January 29, 2021

no more Court awards...

Not even a person with 24 Grand Slam women's titles is beyond reproach for cultivating a superior, egotistic morality + damning empathy. Surely our civilisation has progressed further than that low bar. Margaret Court has been awarded for her skill. That should be the end of it.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 22, 2021

anniversary...

There is a special wonder between you both that offers a smile to us all... We need that...
🍾🍸🍸🍾Uplifting...
May your anniversary affirm your strength today...
And KEEP GOING...🍾🍸🍸🍾

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) January 1, 2021

Christmas beetles...

It must be years since I last saw a Christmas beetle...Many people claim they're disappearing...According to one article, the many dry years have not been kind to the appearance of Christmas beetles... except Queensland. Perhaps our winter rains may spur on their appearance...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 13, 2020

'Ode to Joy' in the street...

Even though I have seen this one before, it still brings tears of joy to me...Love the boy climbing the lamp post + then conducting from up high...So many young ones totally in the moment...Fantastic performance...The street venue adds to the brilliant atmosphere...Thanks Cath...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 7, 2020

today's agenda...

Little planned for me today...Exhausted post report writing + 2021 curriculum writing...(more to do this week on the latter)...+ It's very windy outside...Vegging's on the agenda = a book and a custard donut...(after just a tad more Twitter scrolling + Dan's presser of course)...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) December 5, 2020

go Cath Andrews...

I'm an older hs teacher (should've retired but can't. Love teaching, even remotely - though it's exhausting.) Many teachers check on me. But it's the students who've surprised me - thanking me for lessons+asking if I'm OK. One student played his guitar for me at a Google Meet. 🙏

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 18, 2020

My wife installed a blackboard on the front fence during the first lockdown to tell a joke a day to cheer up the neighbourhood. 150+ jokes later, people leave jokes in the letterbox, share with relatives overseas & a Principal takes a photo to share it with his students each day. pic.twitter.com/asVXJenEK9

— Ade (@BillieHill64) September 18, 2020

Amazing just how many little acts of kindness there are around right now...Often all you need are open eyes (or ears) ...or...at worst/best...create one... @CathLAndrews https://t.co/4GNAlZ5b9A

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 18, 2020

may the sands comfort your feet...

May the sands comfort your feet
May the waves sing you a dream
A dream of hope...@DanielAndrewsMP @CathLAndrews
Rest...sleep Melbourne...
We WILL be OK... pic.twitter.com/15c4OCpGAa

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020

incoming waves...

More incoming waves for Victoria... Yes... I know... Let's ride those waves with @DanielAndrewsMP and @CathLAndrews. They're an awesome team... pic.twitter.com/PXZGl6AwgT

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020

Photo was taken at Gunnamatta - 23rd May 2010...

NOTE: This post gets additions through the day...in order of time...

All I can hear outside is a screaming stream of traffic on the Mornington Peninsula Freeway...
Twitter news is that panic buying has set in at supermarkets - again...

Huge lines out the front of supermarkets, bottle shops, butchers etc. Can people PLEASE stop panic buying, surely we have all learnt from the first time around. Even if stage 4 happens we can still buy what we need. #Stupidy #COVIDVIC19

— Jesse Corigliano (@JesseCorigliano) August 2, 2020

Thank goodness I did my walk yesterday...

It is sunny, with a prediction of rugged weather for the week, but not going out...

And now Dan's usual midday presser has been pushed back to 1:00pm...
Not looking good...

Here's the cheat sheet for the Dan Andrews presser:

11am = not terrible
After 12pm = bad
Wearing a suit = real bad news
Sports jacket = moderately bad news
Northface jumper = it's the weekend
Wearing a suit on the weekend after 12pm = shit's fucked

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) August 2, 2020

Just heard that #Stage4 is coming on Wednesday. Supermarkets WILL CLOSE. #Melburnians being directed by Chief Health Officer to forage for berries, lawn mushrooms and certain pigeons identified as good sources of meat, eggs and milk. VCE to move to remote learning. #COVID19Vic

— Nick (@NickSugarbaker) August 2, 2020

 The panic stirring Tweets are having a field day...

My lunch, at this stage, is a packet of Allen's Sourz Tangy Randoms... No symbolism originally intended, because I love them ...But there could be today in Victoria, as I wait for the 1:00pm presser...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020

And now Telstra customers are reporting a cyber attack outage...

🔒 Update: We've identified the issue and are working on it. Some of our Domain Name Servers (DNS) used to route your traffic online are experiencing a cyber attack, known as a Denial of Service (DoS). Your info isn't at risk. We're doing all we can to get you back online.

— Telstra (@Telstra) August 2, 2020

Now the presser is at 2:00pm today...This is looking very very bad...

*Finally - about 2:30pm... 

STAGE 4 it is... 
State of Emergency has now been upgraded
to State of Disaster...
...and Dan is in a suit on the weekends...

#BREAKING: Victoria has recorded 671 new cases of coronavirus overnight, another seven people have died. A night-time curfew will be implemented across Melbourne from 8pm-5am from tonight.

— ABC Melbourne (@abcmelbourne) August 2, 2020

If you think the curfew times are weird - Not so weird...when it is those times when friends gather...
later hours on a Friday or Saturday night...
The curfew halts the chance of such gatherings...

BREAKING:
Night time curfew will be implemented across Melbourne from 8pm-5am from tonight.
Melbourne residents will only be allowed to shop and exercise within 5km of their home.
All students across the state will return to home based learning. Childcare will be closed.

— Michael Rowland (@mjrowland68) August 2, 2020

State of disaster for six weeks in Melbourne from 6pm:
- 8pm-5am daily curfew
- Can only be within 5km of home
- Only one person per household allowed to do the shopping
- Maximum 1hr/day for exercise
- Business restrictions coming tomorrow@theheraldsun #auspol #springst https://t.co/rnoy8V8Uza

— Tom Minear (@tminear) August 2, 2020

I was thinking of doing just the same...Can't seem to stop scrolling Tweets after Dan's announcement ... I'm mesmerised...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) August 2, 2020

I was hoping stage 4 restrictions would include a clamp down on zoom calls.

— 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝙹𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 (@MrDTJames) August 2, 2020

Stage 4 is a larger size than stage 3 track pants I assume ?

— AssocProf Gemma Carey (@gemcarey) August 2, 2020

Love the extra comments drifting in now...

Also very big pockets so you can do phone keys hand sanitiser on your approved walk!

— Jen @ 🏠 (@juniperlilacs) August 2, 2020

UPDATE: It's now 8:30pm... And for the first time today, I can't hear the freeway...
Perhaps the curfew of 8:00pm is being observed...

due to stage 4 restrictions, the sydney/melbourne rivalry is suspended.

SYDNEY now rivals OSAKA

MELBOURNE now rivals INVERCARGILL

please update your sledges accordingly

— radical lisa loebotomy (@NforNihilism) August 2, 2020

Thinking in Victoria, when we see the August full moon, from this day forth it will be known as the #curfewmoon pic.twitter.com/7fiFe0DWlx

— MelbourneSkies (@MelbourneSkies) August 2, 2020

take a little time out...

Take a little time out for a sea view... on a cliff... enjoy the big sky... the rush of waves ... and the salts of the air...
Take a little time to breathe... and refresh...

Thinking of you both... You are amazing...@CathLAndrews @DanielAndrewsMP pic.twitter.com/VqAsOEd75N

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 27, 2020

PLEASE NOTE: This photo was taken on the southern coast - Flinders cliff - of the Mornington Peninsula, 22nd April 2019.

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 27, 2020

Thank you, that’s exactly what we need! ❤️❤️

— Catherine Andrews (@CathLAndrews) July 27, 2020

in praise of Catherine Andrews...

Kudos Catherine Andrews, wife of Victoria's premier Daniel Andrews. She is on Twitter supporting Daniel...even beyond politics...Catherine is there for the Arts, for the aboriginal people, for the environment. And occasionally we get the personal touch...a furball alarm clock.🙏 pic.twitter.com/ArviNTlfAe

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 11, 2020

In between all the challenges of being who we are and where we are in 2020, Catherine role models leaving room for appreciating the small treasures of life... esp Nature's gifts. https://t.co/WbUUSpk4wR

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 11, 2020